Whirlwind Tour of Pakistan Wraps-Up

Three major cities - Islamabad, Lahore & Karachi - in just 3 days. But now it's all over. Gary Case and I had a very interesting, enjoyable and illuminating time in Pakistan. We visited 2 major customer prospects with our prospective new partner - Trillium Information Security Systems - and then spoke at a special event on Saturday evening produced and hosted by CIO Pakistan, a CIO Executive Dinner Discussion titled "IT Governance Through IT Service Management". This CIO Pakistan event deserves a special mention. For a number of reasons I was unable to confirm my travel plans until Tuesday mid-morning, Toronto time. Then, what must have been a small army of people immediately sprung into action to actually produce & promote the CIO Pakistan event for the Saturday evening, barely 4 days later! It's a huge testament to the organizational skills of the Trillium and CIO Pakistan teams that this event was pulled off so successfully (I certainly enjoyed it!) It was put together so quickly that it's still not mentioned yet in the events section of the CIO Pakistan website! I'm sure we'll see it there soon as there was a lot of video recording and photography going on all evening (that's one of my photos - below. Gary being interviewed by CNBC). I am very grateful to Mr. Mohsin Sheikh and his team at Trillium for organizing such a productive program for us. Also to Ms. Rabia Garib and her team at CIO Pakistan for their special efforts too. I promised her more advance notice next time - if they'll have us back. I wish I could have stayed on a little longer, for two reasons one professional, and one personal: 1. Clearly there are a great deal of opportunities for Pink to serve and support the IT market in Pakistan. I just wish I could have met with even more organizations. 2. I really enjoyed interacting with the many Pakistani people we were introduced to on our trip. Not only did they come across as both highly competent and professional, but the hospitality extended to us was quite humbling. We're already working on next steps for "Pink in Pakistan" - so watch this space!

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